• The major challenges facing healthcare delivery systems around the world
• The key issue of chronic disease and the critical role informatics can play in managing it
• The potential of electronic health records (EHRs)
• The challenges to the design and usability EHRs
• The twin challenges of EHR adoption and data sharing
• The critical role of patient engagement
• The technologies and tools historically used to achieve that engagement
• Contemporary approaches to patient engagement

Lesson 1 - Some Background

1.1 - Introduction

1.2 - A Brief History of Health Informatics

1.3 - Exciting Times

1.4 - eICU Interview

Lesson 2 - The US Healthcare System

2.1 - Introduction

2.2 - High Costs, Mediocre Results

2.3 - The Uninsured Can Raise Costs (part 1)

2.4 - The Uninsured Can Raise Costs (part 2)

2.5 - The Payment Model

2.6 - Waste

2.7 - Chronic Disease Drives Most Costs

2.8 - Dr. Gerard Anderson Interview

2.9 - Alternate Care Models: HMO

2.10 - Alternate Care Models, The Patient Centered Medical Home

2.11 - Alternate Care Models: Accountable Care Organizations

2.12 -The Role of Health Informatics

2.13 - Toward a Learning Healthcare System

2.14 - Informatics for a Learning Healthcare System

2.15 - Case Study: Dr. John Sweeney Onsite at Emory

2.16 - Case Study: Dr. James C. Cox Onsite at Emory

Lesson 3 - Health Informatics in the Real World

3.1 - Introduction

3.2 - The Adoption Challenges

3.3 - HITECH

3.4 - EHR vs. EMR

3.5 - Health IT Certification

3.6 - Meaningful Use

3.7 - Physician EHR Satisfaction

3.8 - EHR Challenge

3.9 - Cerner's Tate Gilchrist Interview

Lesson 4 - Health Informatics in the Real World

Today: Patient Tools

4.1 - Introduction

4.2 - Personal Health Records (PHR)

4.3 - PHR Challenges

4.4 - HealthVault Exercise

4.5 - Medilo's FHIR App

4.6 - Care Evolution's FHIR Based PHR Introduction

4.7 - Care Evolution's FHIR Based PHR

4.8 - Apple's FHIR Based PHR

4.9 - Blue Button on FHIR Introduction

4.10 - Blue Button on FHIR Interview

4.11 - OpenNotes

4.12 - OpenNotes Helps Make Care Safer: Effective Communication

4.13 - Open Notes Helps Make Care Safer: Stronger Partnerships

4.14 - PatientsLikeMe Introduction

4.15 - PatientsLikeMe Interview

4.16 - Telehome Care

HealthVault Activity

Lesson 5 - Health Informatics in the Real World Today: Health Information Exchange (HIE)

5.1 - Introduction to Interoperability

5.2 - Clinical Information Modelling Initiative (CIMI)

5.3 - Applicadia Introduction

5.4 - Applicadia Example

5.5 - Semantic Interoperability Through Machine Learning

5.6 - Interoperability and Meaningful Use

5.7 - HIPAA

5.8 - Privacy

5.9 - Security

5.10 - Trust

5.11 - Blockchain for Healthcare Jeff Garzik Interview

5.12 - Health Information Exchange Direct

5.13 - Health Information Exchange: HL7 Messaging

5.14 - Health Information Exchange: Semantic Interoperability

5.15 - OHDSI/OMOP Dr. Jon Duke Interview 1

5.16 – Health Information Exchange challenges

5.17 - The Future of Health Information Exchange